Scene from Idaho Potlatch Forests logging operations. Shot from a possible hillside is a common scene from logging operations: logs being carefully loaded onto a waiting truck. A dirt road has been carved from the encroaching forest in order trees may be harvested. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;

Scenes from Idaho logging operations. Two men sitting beside an enormous tree appear to be studying a map of the forest area in this mid-July, 1966, photograph. They are Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees as evidenced by the pfi logo on their hard hats. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

Scenes from Idaho logging operations. Two Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees survey the dense forestlands near Lewiston, Idaho, in mid-July, 1966. They are possibly the same men pictured in A150112, image 28. Hard hats were de rigueur although no other safety clothing is apparently worn. The men were probably wearing heavy duty boots as a precaution. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Forests--Idaho;

1966 Idaho logging operations. After the logs are harvested, they are brought to one of the many Potlatch Forests, Inc., mills near the Jaype, Idaho, area. Piles of logs are stacked near the large mill above. The plumes of smoke emerging from several chimneys indicate the mill is apparently in full operation. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Potlatch Forests, Inc.; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

1966 scenes from plywood mill. Wearing heavy gloves to protect his hands, a Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee bends over to shift plywood boards at a Lewiston-area mill in mid-July, 1966. Mounds of sawdust coat the mill floor. The large piece of machinery beside him may have been utilized to cut the boards. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Machinery; Plywood;

1966 Scenes from Idaho plywood mill. A Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee carefully monitors the Chip-N-Saw machine located in one of the company's plywood mills in July, 1966. He is seated at the controls of the Canadian Car (Pacific) machine and keeps a steady eye on the large piece of machinery. A "no smoking" sign warns workers not to light up in the presence of the Chip-N-Saw. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Machinery;

1966 Scenes from Idaho plywood mill. Potlatch Forests, Inc., workers are pictured shifting plywood sheets from an assembly line onto large wheeled carts in mid-July, 1966. Once stacked, they are moved off the carts in rows and numbered. The men pictured were just a few of the many hired by Potlatch Forests, one of the area's largest employers. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

A logger looks back from his skidder to check on the logs he is dragging to the landing where they will be loaded and transported to Potlatch Forests mills in Idaho. Another tractor or skidder is further in the background. Color photograph was taken in July of 1966. (scan from original color negative, no print on file)

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;

Sections from a dense forest have been harvested and a dirt road carved out of a hillside to transport logs to nearby Potlatch Forests mills in Idaho. Color photograph taken in July of 1966 for Malcolm McGhie, New York industrial consultant. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;

Scenes from Idaho logging operations. A man steadies the stacked load of logs before the heavily laden truck departs for a Potlatch Forests, Inc., mill in July, 1966. Other workers are busy dragging logs and clearing the land to make logging roads. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs; Tractors--Idaho;

Two lumber company "cruisers" examine stand of trees on Potlatch Forests' land near Lewiston, Idaho in this photograph from July of 1966. Timber cruisers are employed to estimate the value of timber in a tract of forest before the trees are cut down. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

Logger, chainsaw in hand, examines tree in this photograph dating from July of 1966. The name "Frank" Feller was written on the image storage sleeve. It is not clear whether Feller referred to "Frank's" last name or his occupation as a person who cuts down, or "fells," trees. The stand of trees were believed to be located near the Lewiston, Idaho area and part of the Potlatch Forests property. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)

Saws; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID);

Rayonier timber operations, Grays Harbor. A Rayonier worker is pictured on July 20, 1966, labeling the ends of logs. A loader in the background has several logs in its grapple preparing to shift them. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;

Rayonier timber operations, Grays Harbor. The same two men seen in A150114, image 21, were hard at work marking the ends of cut logs on July 20, 1966. A loader in the photograph's background was prepared to shift more logs to be marked. (scan from original negative, no print on file)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;

On July 20, 1966, a Rayonier employee directed the operator of this loader to carefully deposit these logs onto the last rail car so they could be transported to one of the company's mills. Rayonier was founded in 1926 and quickly became the largest single manufacturer of dissolving pulps in the world. (scan from original negative, no print on file) (www.rayonier.com-article)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;

A Rayonier employee in Grays Harbor balances on a log as he directs the yarding of cut timber so the logs could be dragged, by cable, to trucks or rail cars waiting to transport them to company mills. Photograph was taken on July 20, 1966. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

Logging operations on Rayonier property in Grays Harbor. A Rayonier employee has just cut through the base of a tall tree and watches it fall while other employees observe at a safe distance in this July of 1966 photograph. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Saws;

An unidentified Rayonier worker in hard hat runs his hand over the trunk base of an large old-growth tree in July of 1966. It looks as though his saw was used to cut down the tree located in Grays Harbor. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Saws;

A bright yellow loader has its log-filled grapple suspended in the air as a Rayonier worker prepares his truck to transport the cargo to one of the company's mills in Grays Harbor where the logs would be processed. (no print on file, scan from original color positive)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

October, 1967, scenes from Idaho pulp and paper industry. Workers at the Potlatch Forests, Inc., plant in Lewiston, Idaho, stand before three similar machines made by the Kiln Co. which processes large sheets of plywood veneers. A forklift is ready to lift more sheets. Photograph ordered by New York industrial consultant, Malcolm McGhie, for 1967 Potlatch Forests annual report.

Plywood; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery;

Workday scenes from Idaho paper and lumber industry. From October 24 to October 27, 1967, a Richards Studio photograph was present in Lewiston, Idaho, to photograph operations at the Potlatch Forests mill for use in the company's annual report. A variety of photographs were taken showing different aspects of the lumber and paper industry. In the above picture, a Potlatch employee is carefully monitoring the controls while a long unbroken sheet of plywood emerges. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Plywood; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

Scenes from Idaho mill. Several long plywood boards wait to be wrapped by a Potlatch Forest employee in late October, 1967. He has nearly completed wrapping one in preparation for delivery. The Lewiston mill, pictured above, has been modernized and expanded several times. Potlatch Forests was founded as a company in 1903 as Potlatch Lumber Co.; one of its initial major investors was Frederick Weyerhaeuser. It merged with two other companies in 1931 and became Potlatch Forests, Inc., with headquarters in Lewiston, Idaho. John Philip Weyerhaeuser, Jr., was its first president. Potlatch moved its headquarters to San Francisco in 1965 and then to Spokane in 1997. It is now known as Potlatch Corporation. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for 1967 Potlatch Forests annual report. (ir. potlatchcorp.com)

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Plywood;

Interior of Potlatch Forests, Inc., Idaho plant. A Potlatch employee is shown lifting a smooth sheet of plywood on July 8, 1968, in the Lewiston, Idaho, mill. He keeps a steady eye on the large piece of machinery with the big roller. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Plywood; Machinery; Mills--Idaho--Lewiston;

Early evening exposure of Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho plant. Richards Studio had made several trips over the years to Idaho to photograph Potlatch Forests, Inc., pulp and paper operations. The above photograph was taken in July of 1968 for Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. Potlatch operations continued even at night as the resulting smoke from stacks can testify. The bright lights of the mill reflect on the nearby water's surface.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

Scenes from Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho plant. Two men are walking inside the enormous open-air concrete "bowl" located on Potlatch property in Lewiston, Idaho. Others are busy putting finishing touches on the retaining walls and on what may be a conveyor system extending to the plant. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

Pulp & paper operations in Lewiston, Idaho. A Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee arranges sheets of plywood into three separate stacks during his work shift on July 8, 1968. These plywood sheets will be lowered onto the conveyor belt below and placed next to other stacks. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Plywood; Mills--Idaho--Lewiston;

Plywood operations at Potlatch Forests, Inc., Idaho location. Glued and layered sheets of wood veneer are in the process of being processed on July 8, 1968. One worker is shown lifting a sheet of plywood into place onto one of three large stacks. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Plywood; Mills--Idaho--Lewiston;

ca. 1943. Built in 1924, the Henry Mill & Timber Company occupied the site on Ruston Way just south of North Starr St. for almost 20 years. Originally a sawmill, they started fabricating structures when they built the caisson panels for the first Narrows Bridge. Their expertise in designing and building prefabricated structures from heavy timber won them contracts during WWII for giant store houses and hangers that could be broken down into small sections, shipped, and re-assembled with a minimum of effort. After the war they were taken over by the Tacoma Lumber Fabricating Co. which closed in the early 1950s.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumberyards--Tacoma; Prefabricated buildings--Tacoma; Henry Mill & Timber Co. (Tacoma);

In 1922 the Henry Mill & Timber Comany bought 26 acres of land where the old Tacoma Mill Company used to stand to build a new company. The Henry Mill & Timber Company began in July 1925. On June 15, 1942 a major fire destroyed most of the plant. Only the planing mill and lumber piles were saved. When this picture was taken in 1944, they were still in the process of re-building. In 1945 the company was bought out by the Tacoma Lumber Fabricating Company.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trusses--Tacoma; Structural frames--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma; Henry Mill & Timber Co. (Tacoma);

Henry Mill miscellaneous shots. The Henry Mill & Timber Company was one of the first lumber companies to prepare for the demand of pre-fabricated lumber products. They later became a pre-fabrication company rather than a lumber mill company. Interior view of construction using Henry Mill & Timber Co. pre-fabricated products.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building construction--Tacoma; Henry Mill & Timber Co. (Tacoma);